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Recommended Plugins for Blog Website on WordPress

by mrswagset
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I've got a blog running on WordPress and hosted by WPX. It's primarily for writing but I'd like to know what Plugins people recommend for giving my site that added bit of utility and 'oomph'! I'm not very knowledgable about Plugins so any recommendations would be appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author SSSJames
    • W3 Total Cache will most likely improve the performance of your website (loading speeds, etc.)
    • Wordfence Security protects your site from basic to mid-level threats
    • Capture emails MailMunch - integrates with a whole bunch of email marketing software
    • Drive social media engagement with Monarch from ElegantThemes

    Best of luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author mrswagset
    I've got Wordfence already, will look into the others. Much appreciated!
    Any other recommendations would be great too
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  • Profile picture of the author mrswagset
    Much appreciated Daniel, will definitely look into those!
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    • Profile picture of the author daniel27lt
      Originally Posted by mrswagset View Post

      Much appreciated Daniel, will definitely look into those!
      Your welcome, I'm glad to of helped.
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  • Profile picture of the author guitarprince
    I recommend: Yoast SEO, akismet, ithemes security, sumo me, TinyMCE Advanced, Jetpack
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  • Profile picture of the author kaushalvriddhi
    I recommended, Yoast Plugin if you are asking from seo point of view then yoast is best plugin . I think so.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jdunhin
    I hate to have allot of plugins so plan carefully and only get good supported plugins for your site. If you use less popular/supported plugins you may open a security backdoor for hackers.

    Plugins that is a must have:

    WordFence (Do the setup correctly)
    Yoast SEO
    Google Analytics (Your analytics plugin)
    Contact form (I use Gravity Forms)
    Akismet
    Caching plugin (i use WP Fastest Cache )

    Hope this will help you.
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    • Profile picture of the author daniel27lt
      Originally Posted by Jdunhin View Post

      I hate to have allot of plugins so plan carefully and only get good supported plugins for your site. If you use less popular/supported plugins you may open a security backdoor for hackers.

      Plugins that is a must have:

      WordFence (Do the setup correctly)
      Yoast SEO
      Google Analytics (Your analytics plugin)
      Contact form (I use Gravity Forms)
      Akismet
      Caching plugin (i use WP Fastest Cache )

      Hope this will help you.
      Yes, you are correct, a few as little is best. Too many resources are taken up from plugins. That's why I wouldn't recommend Google Analytics Plugin. I simply add the snippet and use GA directly. I also find using GA directly within my account is much better too.
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  • Profile picture of the author mrswagset
    Yeah, trying to keep my plug-in count low for that exact reason. I don't think I need a contact form as people can just comment as they need, not really a necessity.
    Thanks for all the recommendations!
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